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Schenectady Police investigating shots fired

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Schenectady Police are currently investigating a shots fired incident that took place around 5:09 a.m. on Sunday. Police say it appears no one was shot. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Police working in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood heard what they believed to be several gunshots. They responded to Schenectady and Albany Streets where they found 14 shell casings. Through further investigation, police say they found a car that appeared to be hit by a bullet, as well as a house. Evidence technicians from the Schenectady Police Department processed the scene. No one at this time is in custody.

Miss Adams Diner closes until further notice

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

ADAMS, Mass. (NEWS10) -- Miss Adams Diner, located at 53 Park Street in Adams, is reportedly closed until further notice. The announcement was made on the Miss Adams Diner Facebook page on March 31. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! "This is a tough business," read the post. "I'm not going to lie and make up stories but we have been struggling."The diner is owned by Pete Oleskiewicz. Worcester Lunch Car No. 821, where the diner now sits, was delivered to Adams in 1949. The diner opened that same year. Clifton Park holding first-ever restaurant week The owner did not immediately respond to NEWS10 for comment. The phone number for Miss Adams Diner is also disconnected at this time."I will give an update soon," said Oleskiewicz in the Facebook post. "Thank you to all who have patronized the diner and have been so supportive."

New York Recycles! poster contest announced

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Association of Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling (NYSAR3) has announced the New York Recycles! poster contest to promote higher excellence in waste reduction. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade in New York State public and private schools, youth organizations, and home-schooled students are welcome to participate. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Those interested in participating can use the theme description webpage to guide their posters. The themes for this year will be the first R-reduction, and reduce your single use. The winners of the competition will have their artwork featured in the 2024 New York Recycles! calendar, a framed copy of their winning poster, and other prizes. The deadline for poster submissions, which can be received via email, is no later than Wednesday, May 26. Anyone with further questions may call Kelli Timbrook at NYSAR3 at (518) 410-6451.

Listen for St. Louis area tornado siren tests Monday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Many municipalities in the St. Louis area will be testing their tornado sirens today at 11 a.m. This is part of the regular tests that happen at 11 a.m. on the first Monday of the month.The tests will be happening in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and St. Charles County today. Jefferson County does not have a county-wide tornado siren system, but some cities do conduct monthly tests. Counties in Illinois conduct tests on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now FOX 2 Weather SIGN UP NOW The siren tests are rescheduled if threatening weather is in the forecast for that morning. Severe weather is on many people's minds this Monday. High winds caused significant damage in the St. Louis area Friday. Another round of s...

Meet Prismatic Media Artist Maggie West

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

Maggie West is known for prismatic work that innovatively brings her vibrant photography practice into large scale, public art, new media installations, and elevated NFTs. Although intimate and organic in subject—kissing couples, evocative portraits, fractal gemstones, blooming flowers, greening stalks—her work shines in books and on gallery walls, as well as in monumental murals, digital video, and generative light-backed platforms and installations. From the Pop goddess overlooking the new Netflix plaza, to screens above the city streets—and this year, the Coachella Music & Art Festival concourse’s first ever photo installation—West has a gift for translating her love for the power of color into the allure of experiential images. Maggie West: FlutterL.A. WEEKLY: When did you first know you were an artist?MAGGIE WEST: I have been making art since I was old enough to pick up a pencil. As a child, I frequently drove my parents crazy by painting on walls or other surfac...

Another home explodes in Mammoth Lakes

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

A house in Mammoth Lakes was destroyed by an explosion Saturday — 10 days after a similar blast a mile away injured five people.The weekend’s blast happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on Juniper Road, a loop of single-family homes near Mammoth Mountain ski resort’s Eagle Express lift. The house was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported, the Mammoth Lakes Police Department said.The resulting fire and the snowmelt flooding caused by that fire prompted the evacuation of nearby residences, including condos at the Eagle Run complex.On March 22, an explosion caused the collapse of a building at the Val d’Isere Condominiums, near the Mammoth Village commercial area. Three people were trapped and had to be extricated; five people were injured, one of them critically.No announcement has been made about the cause of either blast, but police and fire officials have warned residents to make sure their propane tanks, pipes and valves are free of snow and ice, whic...

A California attorney has been in a Venezuela prison for a year. His family wants him home

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

It’s been one year since Eyvin Hernandez has hugged his family. It’s been one year since he’s been home.And it’s been one year since the Los Angeles County public defender has been able to argue for a defendant’s innocence.Except this time, Hernandez is the defendant.Hernandez, a criminal defense attorney who grew up in the South Bay, was arrested at the Venezuelan-Colombian border a year ago while on a two-week vacation. Since then, he has been detained in a Venezuelan cell, with his family and the United States government describing Hernandez as a wrongfully detained political prisoner.His loved ones have also described the Los Angeles resident’s living conditions as dire – and they want him back home as soon as possible.That’s why Hernandez’s family and friends, about 40 people in all, gathered in front of the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, in downtown Los Angeles, last week to publicly urge the U.S. government – President Joe Biden in particular – to help bring ...

Donald Trump's Holy Week Indictment Is an Anti-Christian Parable

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

Faith leaders pray over President Donald Trump during an Evangelicals for Trump campaign event held at the King Jesus International Ministry on Jan. 3, 2020, in Miami, Fla.Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesGet ready for the MAGA Christian nationalist crowd to make the connection between Donald Trump’s surrender to New York authorities on Tuesday and Holy Week. It’ll be Holy Tuesday, and the parallels will write themselves. Any Christian nationalist minister who fails to draw the comparison should have his Venmo account suspended.Trump is expected to turn himself in and appear in court in Manhattan on Tuesday following his indictment by a New York grand jury. The indictment is still sealed, so the charges against the former president are not yet public. But the grand jury had been hearing evidence about hush-money payments made to former porn star Stormy Daniels during Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.Holy Week, which begins this Sunday, is the most important week of the year in ...

WSJ: McDonald’s closes U.S. offices ahead of layoffs

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has closed its U.S. offices for a few days as the company prepares to inform corporate employees about layoffs, according to a published report.The Wall Street Journal cited an internal email from the Chicago fast-food giant saying U.S. corporate staff and some employees overseas should work from home while the company notifies people of their job status. McDonald’s declined to comment on the report early Monday. The report said McDonald’s would inform its employees this week about staffing decisions that are part of a broad restructuring of the company announced earlier. Though the U.S. labor market remains strong, layoffs have been mounting, mainly in the technology sector, where many companies over-hired after a pandemic boom. IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Facebook parent Meta, Twitter and DoorDash have all announced layoffs in recent months.There have been cuts in other sectors as well. Yet most of those job cuts are at corporate offices. There a...

No April Fools’ prank: Jogger has close encounter with cow

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:09:34 GMT

FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine jogger encountered an angry cow, and it was no joke.The Farmington Police Department shared details of the encounter on April Fools’ Day, a day after the actual encounter, and assured that this was no prank.The 43-year-old woman was preparing for a jog on the Whistle Stop Trail when she was charged by the cow, which had escaped from a farm. The cow lifted her off the ground with its horns, causing a cut that required stitches, before the jogger escaped, police said.The bovine’s owner was contacted and secured the animal, along with a pig that had escaped. The matter was forwarded to the district attorney for review.Source